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Does DE73 flood?

Yes — parts of the DE73 district carry real flood risk: 17 of its 38 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The DE73 postcode district covers Aston, Worthington & Breedon, Chellaston & Shelton Lock, Melbourne, close to Willington, Shardlow, Derby, and surrounding villages in parts of Derbyshire and Leicestershire.

38 postcodes in the DE73 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 17 high, 10 medium, 11 low. A postcode not listed here has no properties in any recorded risk band (which is good news, but never proof it cannot flood).

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Which DE73 postcodes are at risk?

DE73 5SS up to High DE73 7GF up to High DE73 7GS up to High DE73 7GT up to High DE73 7GU up to High DE73 7HA up to High DE73 7HB up to High DE73 7HJ up to High DE73 7HW up to High DE73 7HX up to High DE73 7JB up to High DE73 8AL up to High DE73 8AN up to High DE73 8AR up to High DE73 8BD up to High DE73 8BS up to High DE73 8BT up to High DE73 7AA up to Medium DE73 7GW up to Medium DE73 7HD up to Medium DE73 7HE up to Medium DE73 7HF up to Medium DE73 7HG up to Medium DE73 7JA up to Medium DE73 7NA up to Medium DE73 8BB up to Medium DE73 8BE up to Medium DE73 5BG up to Low DE73 5WX up to Low DE73 5XD up to Low DE73 5XE up to Low DE73 7GA up to Low DE73 7GG up to Low DE73 7HP up to Low DE73 7HR up to Low DE73 8AG up to Low DE73 8BQ up to Low DE73 8LF up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near DE73

The rivers that matter here, each monitored live on FloodRadar:

382 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (154 at warning level or above), most recently 15 March 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

DE72 DE74 DE75 DE65 DE56 DE55 DE45 DE24

Band = the worst likelihood band of any property in that postcode (EA Risk of Flooding from Rivers & Sea, defence-adjusted, area-level). Check any postcode in detail — or get the full £19 property report — at the property flood-risk report. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. This product is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, the copyright in which is owned by Royal Mail Group Limited and/or Royal Mail Group plc. All rights reserved. Licence number AC0000807064.